University of Washington ranked 11th best public university by U.S. News!
The UW also was recently ranked 16th among 500 universities around the world by Shanghai Jiao Tong University for its academic and research performance. Harvard University was No. 1 on the list, Stanford University No. 2 and eight other spots in the top 16 were claimed by private U.S. universities. The UW was among four public universities in the top 16 with University of California, Berkeley, at No. 3, University of California, Los Angeles, at 13 and University of California, San Diego, at 14. Last year, as with this year, the UW was ranked 16th on the list. For more detail http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=43394